The Flames are off tonight after their loss in Los Angeles last evening. As such, their fate is temporarily determined by the teams playing tonight. There are five games on the NHL docket this evening, three of them important for the Western Conference playoff picture.
- Dallas (58 points, 5 back of Calgary) hosts the Florida Panthers. All of a sudden Dallas needs to keep winning to stay with the pack, as both L.A. and Minnesota have leap-frogged them lately and are in danger of putting them in the rear-view mirror.
- In the first of two big ‘uns tonight: San Jose (64 points) visits the lowly Arizona Coyotes. Expect a Sharks win, know in your hearts the Sharks will win, but use voodoo or whatever to hope for Arizona.
- Elsewhere, the Vancouver Canucks (63 points) host Boston. The Bruins are a good team and love winning in Vancouver, I’m told. Immediately after this game, the Canucks jet over here to prepare for tomorrow night’s big game. I’m sure everyone in Flames-land is hoping for Boston to pummel the Canucks to soften them up for the Flames. Two Canucks losses in the next 48 hours could radically re-shape the playoff picture and put Vancouver in the hot seat, so to speak.
San Jose should win and the Vancouver game is a coin-toss, as is Dallas’ game.
Yeah, I would like to see Lucic face wash both the Sedins with one swipe…
Please don’t say mean things about the Sedin’s it hurts everyone’s feelings….
Well, I agree “hurt” and “Sedins” should be in the same sentence.
Here’s an idea: since the Leafs need to cut salary AND want to tank for one of THE CENTERS, they should trade Jake Gardiner to the Flames in exchange for Deryk Engelland.
What kind of ridiculous one-sided trade is that? Throw Kessel in too, then the Flames should consider the deal.
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LA beat the Flames like rented mules!!! Lmao!!!
Wow! The Stanley cup champs FINALLY got a win against us. I bet they’re relieved…
We are not getting a single bit of help tonight. YOU HAD ONE JOB.
This season is probably like getting the phone number of that hot girl who’s way out of your league eh?
No one else here knows what you are talking about.
Ha!